Closed Bug 522915 Opened 16 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Many links not responding to mouse clicks

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(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

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Status:
RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

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(Reporter: notforyourmail, Unassigned)

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(Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2011-1-30])

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091016 Minefield/3.7a1pre Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091016 Minefield/3.7a1pre In the last few nightly builds of Minefield, the browser has not responded properly to clicking on some links, esp. those that rely on javascript. Restarting the browser sometimes correct it. The problem occurs even with all extensions disabled. Reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. Browse for a while 2. Click on some links with javascript that runs when the link is clicked. 3. Link doesn't work Sometimes, this also includes browser tabs. Actual Results: Some links don't work Expected Results: Links and other interface elements should always work
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091017 Minefield/3.7a1pre I haven't noticed this on Windows so far. Can you give an example URL?
Version: unspecified → Trunk
I *can't* reproduce this bug on Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.5; en-US; rv:1.9.3a1pre) Gecko/20091018 Minefield/3.7a1pre using this code: <html> <head> </head> <body> <div id="cont"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementById('cont').innerHTML = '<a href="http://example.com">example I</a>'; </script> <a href="#" onclick="this.innerHTML = 'example 2';">example II</a> <a href="#" onclick="top.location='http://example.com';">example III</a> </body></html>
I've gotten it on things like Apple order status pages. I'll post one the next time it happens.
Ok, here's one. Go to: http://www.space.com/special_reports/1x.html Click on: "Watch it LIVE" in the paragraph that reads: "Preparations to move NASA’s towering new Ares I-X rocket to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are taking slightly longer than expected, with first motion now slated for about 1 a.m. EDT (0500 GMT) – about an hour late. (Watch it LIVE on SPACE.com’s NASA TV feed.)"
Indeed the link in question doesn't work, but I see the same with all browsers, even IE8. I see this error: Error: PopupDisplay is not defined Source File: javascript:PopupDisplay('mmplayer','id=live_247_nasatv&media=video&mode=play') Line: 1
This is a javascript problem, not a firefox bug. So this bug is INVALID
If you have more examples of comment 0, I'd be happy to test.
I'm still looking for them...I was getting this problem VERY heavily when I first posted. I'll post more as I find them.
I have this problem also today on the front page of nytimes.com. I'm attaching the HTML for this page. There are two links that don't work: <h3><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/us/24plane.html?hp"> Flight Overshoots Airport, Puzzling Experts</a></h3> This link is not clickable at all. And this one: <h3><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/health/policy/23health.html?hp"> Senate Leader Takes Risk Pushing Public Insurance Plan</a></h3> This second link is line-wrapped and it's only clickable if the first line of the link is moused over; the rest of the link is dead. I'm using latest version FF on XP SP3. I have tested this page in a Chrome browser and the links are ok in that browser.
(In reply to comment #9) Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5pre) Gecko/20091014 Shiretoko/3.5.5pre Both links are working fine for me.
I just tried this again, and what's happening is that the link is active the first few times you mouse over it but on subsequent mouse overs the link is dead. Try mousing over it a few times quickly. That's what seems to break it. My browser: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.3) Gecko/20090824 Firefox/3.5.3 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Ok, I found the problem: Adblock-Plus is causing this behavior.
try clicking your mouse wheel on-off a few times (i.e., the middle button) and/or open your mouse control panel, change the mouse wheel settings, and save the new settings. why? read these 2 bug reports: From: Bug 465259 - firefox randomly stops responding to mouse clicks ------- Comment #2 From Brandon Mitchell 2009-07-16 13:34:11 PDT ------- I experienced this issue yesterday for the first time, after upgrading from FF3 to FF3.5 a few weeks ago, and I believe (but am not certain) that I was able to fix the problem by middle clicking on the scrollbar to activate and then deactivate autoscroll. (Actually I used an AutoHotkey mapping of the left Windows key to the middle mouse button; I don't have a mouse and my touchpad doesn't have a middle button.) Today I have been unable to reproduce the phenomenon. On the one hand, I wish I knew how to reproduce this bug; on the other hand I sincerely hope that I don't encounter this nasty business again. Based on my reading of support forum pages (first two of the three URLs pasted below), I wildly conjecture that this might possibly be related to the middle mouse button somehow. Some posters have suggested that it is due to a driver problem or a mechanical problem such as a stuck middle mouse button, but posters also point out that the problem seems to be specifically related to Firefox 3.x software. One person (see third URL pasted below) claims that he still had the problem after installing a new mouse. There are at least two or three other "Firefox-won't-respond-to-mouse-clicks-unless-I-switch-focus-to-another-app-window" bugs that might be duplicates of this one: Bug 442572, Bug 451116, Bug 483254. http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_threshold=0&comments_parentId=86324&comments_offset=0&comments_per_page=20&thread_style=commentStyle_plain http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_threshold=0&comments_parentId=125737&comments_offset=0&comments_per_page=20&thread_style=commentStyle_plain http://vavai.net/2009/01/21/temporary-solved-annoying-bug-on-firefox-3-right-click-menu/ From: Bug 450735 - Firefox doesn't respond to mouse clicks on links and buttons ------- Comment #3 From Martin 2008-08-18 10:24:10 PDT ------- I have solved the problem for myself. It was not a bug, but a mechanical problem. Nevertheless Firefox is the only browser that seemed to be affected: My middle mouse button was not working. I realized that, when I opened Excel and found the program selecting multiple cells as if I kept pressing the left mouse button. I opened my mouse and found that the little mechanical transmitter for the middle mouse button (wheel)was jammed. I released it and now everything works fine.
In my case, I think I can rule that out: -I'm using a Mac. The drivers for the mouse work. :-) -There is no mouse wheel on the mouse, so that can't be broken. -There is a scroll ball. It works properly, and does not have anything jamming it. -Autoscroll works, but I never activate it (except just now to test that it works.) The behavior is not consistent with autoscroll being activated. Here's another link that doesn't work: http://www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2009/11/02/tomo/index.html# Try clicking on "click to enlarge" or the large image of the comic right below that.
By the way, I tested the links in my last comment with Adblock Plus completely disabled. The links did not work regardless, so it isn't adblock plus.
Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.13 or later in safe mode or a fresh profile? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing. http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles You may also wish to try with the latest Firefox 4 beta, http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html.
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2011-1-30]
In the past days (2011-01-14 on),I have encountered same problem. I click on the link, and there is a jump to browser, but no page is opened. I am using Eudora 1.0 OSE with Firefox 3.6.13 as default browser. When I switch to either the native e-mail (yahoo sbcglobal.net) or switch to Safari as default, links work fine.
No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.13 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → INCOMPLETE
I have seen this issue in some of the newer FF4 builds. See Bug 592977.
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